Overview
Michel, was born in Latin America, "on the other side of the world", as the script emphasizes, of a French father he hardly knew at all. He goes to Paris to start a new life. His only possession is a painting which his father left him, along with the advice: "If you ever need to sell the painting, do so in France, where it's worth a fortune." But Michel discovers that his father's tumultuous and secret past comes along with the valuable painting. Meanwhile, Clara, a middle age Spanish-Argentine mother gets a strange present from a now dying childhood friend in Buenos Aires. It's a roll of Super 8 film which brings back very strong, and emotionally charged memories from the 1970s and before.
Cast
- Marisa Paredes as Clara
- Féodor Atkine as David
- Bruno Putzulu as Michel
- Didier Flamand as Kusnet
- Andrée Tainsy as Princesse Czerry
- Elisabeth Kaza as Comtesse Mariassy
- Aurélien Recoing as L'homme au cutter
- Bérénice Bejo as La fille sur le bateau
- François Dunoyer as Le père de Michel
- Lucía Sánchez as La patiente de Clara